MindFreak

Stretching before workout? Nah, why would anyone do that? Just warm up for a bit and get the blood flowing. Besides, stretching is useless when it comes to DOMS (pain in muscles the day(s) after a workout). At most, stretching helps on mobility which is needed for some lifts like the squat. As Raining, I'm hypermobile in most of my joints so stretching is also totally pointless for me. It feels good sometimes, though.

Why is that a major downgrade? Maybe it's just me but I use the Home for four things: Return to Xbox Home, see Achievements, see Active Downloads, and sometimes turn off console.

Then do 15-20 minutes of cardio and two of the compound exercises, JonSt mentioned. That could be squat + pull-ups on day 1, deadlift + bench press day 2, shoulder press + lunges day 3, rest as needed but at least every 4th day. In terms of numbers, do ~10 reps for 4 rounds the first 3-6 weeks. You may add weight as needed but not too much. Then move down to 8 reps with noticeably more weight for 4 weeks or so, until you are ready to move down to 4-6 reps per round which is where you gain serious strength.

Woah, you've collected 1,000,000 lums and reached the final level of Awesomeness? I heard those take ages! I'm about halfway through the new levels and done about seven Origins. Taking it a bit easy.

How do you steer Rayman in the Murphy-sections then?

I'm actually also very curious about this as I play the 360 version. So, anyone?

Indeed, found them after I'd posted; did two of them. I didn't find them THAT challenging; in fact, I mainly died in the first one because I thought you had to kill 60 enemies while getting to the goal. After that, it wasn't too bad and then I didn't die getting it below 40 seconds in the second one. But they were fun as hell!

I got the third place on the daily challenge yesterday with 512 lums! But I cheated - we were two people doing it. Still, awesome to see my Gamertag on the screen for everyone to adore. I miss the time trial on levels that Origins had. And also, having to play all the Origins-levels is a bit harsh when I 100%'d Origins when it first came out. Furthermore, it's easier than Origins and you can almost clear the game by walking through it - especially the Murphy-levels. But I like it, there is so much to do and doing the challenges is awesome. I like them and the idea very much! Furthermore, my girlfriend likes watching me play it as it's nice and colourful so she lets me play it today!

Yeah, I got that feeling from seeing the release trailers and watching some reviews. It's too bad as I was actually inclined to picking it up - just because it looked like a decent Turtles game with nice combat.

I got the game yesterday for Xbox 360 and the box has a funny mistake on it. In English and Norwegian it says that it supports up to 4 players, whereas in Danish and Swedish it supports up to 5 players. I think this is quite funny. I'm getting a friend over tonight to play this gem and we're both really looking forward to it. Problem is, we have very different playstyles - while I'm a collectionist he's more of a sprinter.... And I bet he'll slap me on purpose to cause my death!!

Ditto! It was awesome. Sublime entertainment. However, I do think that there was too little Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl in the movie. Also, I'm glad they removed that scene in the comics where The Motherfucker destroys an entire neighbourhood.

Yeah, I have this problem too. I feel awful on rest-days.

Or anything else from Malrun. Try finding Trim the fat from them also, it's great.

3DSXL! Got it used for £84 and I am selling my original 3DS for about £70 so it's not a bad trade at all.

I'm apparently one of the few here who only plays one game at a time. I just finished Dishonored's two story-DLCs so I've started Alice: Madness Returns now. It's an average game so far but it reminds me of early days 3D platformers and collectathons.

Had my first run today after the injury; no problems. Ran 4.05 km in 17 minutes (time running while waiting for green at one occasion). Since there were no pain in my knee, I guess I'll ease myself back to squats now before I fully return to crossfit. Looking forward to that! Also, getting quite good at strict pull-ups now. Think I did about 45 today before giving up (not at once, though! Did 6, then 10 push-ups, 6 more, 10 push-ups, then 5 as long as I could, then 4 as long as I could, etc. all with 10 push-ups in between).

I think you're right on that regard. I might have switched it up in my head. Whatever, the that feels 'natural' while swinging is the correct way! Personally, I think 30 seconds' rest is a bit too much so I'd go with perhaps 40/20 or even 45/15.

Tried the demo today; I found controlling Murphy and Rayman at the same time quite difficult (as you sometimes had to hold B and press A while holding RT) but other than that - awesome!

Reviewers love this game, even on other consoles than Wii U. I'm really looking forward to playing it. Origins was fantastic and this is supposedly better in every way.

That workout sounds hard on the breath. You'll have to breath correctly during the swings to keep your breath under control. In whilst it goes up, out down. Easy but in the beginning it feels strange as it's a rather fast breath when you aren't having a hard time. But! When my knee's back in order (it's getting there, might try a short run next week), I shall try it out, it looks hellishly fun.

Exactly. Which is why I'm a terrible swimmer. Also, my girlfriend hates that I hate water as she wants to go to the beach and swim and I don't want to do either.

But the problem is that I don't like getting my head under water. At all. That's why my neck hurts. I should probably join some pre-beginners course in swimming but I just can't be arsed.

I went for a swim today. I was reminded how much I hate swimming. After 30 minutes (and just about 26 lanes, I think) my ankle and neck were hurting and my arms were tired from breast stroke swimming - the only swimming technique I know. I know, I know, if neck and ankles are hurting from swimming, I'm doing it wrong but I don't care much as I don't enjoy swimming and don't enjoy being in the water at all. The life guard even asked me this so it's quite clear, I believe.

Completed Knife of Dunwall this morning. Took longer than I'd thought it would (about 7 hours with constant reloads) and was considerably more challenging that expected. But did it on low chaos, no kills and no alarms; I'll just do the same for Brigmore Witches and then do both on high chaos which should be considerably easier now - the main game was at least. I liked it, though. It was more of the same great gameplay as the main game.

There is no sound other than some music. So what you see is what you get. At the moment at least. Looks beautiful.